31th UEFA Advanced Course for Top Referees - List of Participants

This year the 31th UEFA Advanced Course for Top Referees will be held in Italy. Similarly,  new FIFA referees will attend their introductory course.

2022/23 UEFA Youth League - Referees appointments for Play-Off Round

Referees in charge of 2022/23 UEFA Youth League Play Off Round.

FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022 - Selected officials

Selected officials for 2022 CWC, to be played in Morocco from 1 to 11 February 2023. This is the first FIFA tournament after 2022 World Cup. 

UEFA Referees Categories for the second part of 2022-23 season - New FIFA referees have been added - Cheryl Foster (WAL) and Ivana Martinčić (CRO) to join Men's List

UEFA Referees Committee has announced the new categories for the second part of 2022-23 season. No changes in the Elite Category unless Cakir and Aytekin's known retirements. Two women have been added to Men's lists. 

Cheryl Foster and Ivana Martinčić to follow the steps of Frappart and Monzul

FIFA 2023 Refereeing International List

This year not a long wait before the publication of 2023 FIFA Refereeing International Lists.

(Un)Happy New Year, World Cup refs! Qatar officials treated as mercenaries for hire in their domestic competitions... and has the fully expected consequences

The last ≈ten years have been a uniquely bad time to be an elite class football referee. It seems somewhere along the line, their managers seem to have forgotten that they are dealing with real human beings and not pure robots. The winter World Cup has been tough for all involved regarding scheduling, but those referees should not accept this argument without contention, as they were ridiculously hoisted back into action post-Qatar as individual athletes. Howard Webb, Medina Cantalejo, et al. - think again, please. 

Well played RFEF-CTA, well played... (sarcasm)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Selected Officials

Thank to Arbitro Internacional on Twitter, please find below the list of selected officials for Women's 2023 World Cup.

2022/23 UEFA Women's Champions League - Referee appointments for Matchday 6

 Referee appointment for Matchday 6 of 2022-23 UEFA Women's Champions League.

2022 FIFA World Cup - An overall analysis

Please find below an analysis about each referee who officiated at this World Cup in Qatar. Feel free to discuss and integrate with your opinions.

Collina and Busacca can be content for some reasons but definitely not for others...

The logical consequence of the Qatar WC benches madness - Olivier Giroud's caution for entering the FoP in the final.

Contrary to UEFA, whom much to their credit ordered strict policing in this regard at the summer course, FIFA took the benches laissez-faire at the World Cup to the extreme. Broken windows indeed as Giroud ran fully twenty yards onto the pitch before trying to sneak off...